Alacena De La Loma - Baeza

We called in on spec and easily got a table on Saturday night. That should have told us everything. Poorly cooked food and swimming in oil. All quite cool.

Recently touring Andalucia we found ourselves in Baeza, a lovely old town with Renaissance and moorish architecture on the northern edge of the moorish kingdom. On the main square we came across this really busy restaurant full of locals. Although you won't get very far with English, our halting Spanish achieved a fantastic lunch of a shared brochetta with huge chunks of tasty tender pork. The local olives provided a tasty starter, and it's surprising how they taste different in every restaurant. You drive for hours through olive groves to get here and it's worth trying them wherever you stop. The local wine was amazing, and as usual in Spain, at a very reasonable price. We felt we had a really genuinely Spanish experience and if you're in the area suggest you give it a try.